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OR: Department of Corrections addresses negative audit

From the article: “The agency that manages Oregon’s inmate worker program has requested an audit of itself from the Secretary of State’s office in response to an unflattering internal report released last week that found several conflicts of interest in agency contracts.”

According to the rest of the article, there’s been a DOJ investigation into the former head of Oregon Correctional Enterprises. The former head of OCE has accused the department of corrections of using OCE as a “slush fund,” as well as forcing OCE to hire and give raises to the son of a department deputy director.